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Suchir Balaji Quotes

1998–2024

Suchir Balaji (November 21, 1998 – November 26, 2024) was an American artificial intelligence researcher who died several weeks after accusing his former employer, OpenAI, of violating United States copyright law. Balaji's death drew widespread attention due to claims of foul play made by his parents and others, as well as his purported whistleblower status.

Random Suchir Balaji quote

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If you believe what I believe, you have to just leave the company.

“I initially didn’t know much about copyright, fair use, etc. but became curious after seeing all the lawsuits filed against GenAI companies.

This is not a sustainable model for the internet ecosystem as a whole

Fair use seems like a pretty implausible defense for a lot of generative AI products, for the basic reason that they can create substitutes that compete with the data they’re trained on

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Suchir Balaji (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.